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Nizam Hazari sued on murder charge

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Court Correspondent :

A murder case was filed on Tuesday against former Awami League lawmaker Nizam Uddin Hazari and many others over the death of auto-rickshaw driver Sabuj in Feni on August 4 during the student-led non-cooperation movement.

Feni-2 constituency’s former lawmaker Nizam Hazari was made the prime accused in the case.

The deceased’s elder brother Md Yusuf filed the case in the last morning with Feni Model Police Station.

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The other accused include Feni Sadar Upzila Parishad Chairman Shusen Chandra Shil, Feni Sadar Upazila AL President Karim Ullah
and Feni Municipality Mayor Nazrul Islam Swapan Miazi, said police.

Nizam Uddin Hazari’s Personal Secretary Farid Manik, who was detained from Akhaura border on Monday while trying to flee from Bangladesh, was also shown arrested in the case, said Muhammad Ruhul Amin, Officer-in-Charge of the police station.

Sabuj was killed when a group of Awami League men opened fire on protesters in Feni’s Mohipal area on Dhaka-Chattogram highway on August 4, the first day of the student-led non-cooperation movement.

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